How much revenue did S.O.L Search of Light make?

$2k–$7k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did S.O.L Search of Light sell?

Q: How many copies did S.O.L Search of Light sell?

446 to 725 copies, based on its 18 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 446–725; $2k–$7k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before Steam's cut; from 18 reviews (Positive)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid S.O.L Search of Light and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including S.O.L Search of Light's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–7k

best case 1.2M (Mountain)

Games like S.O.L Search of Light

A typical game among these

≈ 1k–7k copies

≈ $543–$38k after Steam's cut

from ~42 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Mountain at ≈ 912k–1.5M copies, ≈ $248k–$668k after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 18 reviews in their first month; the range was 3 to 327.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (5 of 8) and Survival (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + God Game, priced around $1. The breakout hits carry Relaxing + Singleplayer + Great Soundtrack; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, and 2 of the 8 shipped in the last two years.

How these numbers were worked out

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

Copies come from each game's reviews times a sales-per-review rate that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 70 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Midnight Acres 2023	Est. copies ≈ 818–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $223–$599 after Steam's cut $405–$922 before Steam's cut	$0.99	33 reviews Mixed	ExplorationFPS
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